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ANOTHER OREGON POET
Among Oregon poets of past generation who also paid
verse tribute to the beauty of the Willamette river, was
Ella Higginson whose "Sunset on the Willamette" Is re
ported on this page. Although It Is not as musical as
Sam iu Simpson s "JJeauuiw Willamette," it is a line
lyrical poem.
Mrs. Higginson was a talented and versatile writer of
short stories, novels, travel and verse and whatever she
wrote had charm. Though born in Kansas, as an infant
she came with- her parents, Charles R. and Mary A.
Rhoades, to Oregon, spent her childhood at La Grande,
later moved to Oregon City and attended the Oregon City
seminary. Later she moved to Portland, married Rus-
sel C. Hiireinson with whom she moved to Bellingham,
where he died in 1909, and she on December 29, 1940. As
much of her best work was done in Oregon, this state
can fairly claim her.
For several years Ella Higginson conducted the literary
department of the Seattle Times. She was honored by
being made life member and laureat by the Washington
Federation of Women's Club in 1981.
Mrs. Higginson was the author of Mariella of Out West
1904 novel: The voice of April Land (poems) 1906
Alaska, the Great Country (1908) : The Takin' In of Old
Miss Lane (which won McClures $500 prize for the best
short story); The vanishing Race (poems) 191Z; The
Message of Anne Laura Sweet (winner f 500 prize in Col
liers. 1914) : and several books of short stories.
One of the best known of her dainty poems, which
nearly half a century ago was set to music as a song,
which is still popular follows :
' FOUR-LEAF CLOVER '
MUSIC FOR "BEAUTIFUL WILLAMETTE"
I know a place where the sun li like gold,
And the cherry blooms burst with mow,
And down underneath its the loveliest nook,
Where the Jour-leaf clovers grow.
One leaf Is for hope, and one Is for faith.
And one is for love, you know,
And God put another in for luck
If you search, you will find where they grow.
But you must have hope, and you must have faith,
You must love and be strong and so
If you work, if you wait, you will find the place
Where the four-leaf clovers grow.
BUSINESS UP, STOCKS DOWN
The stock market hit a 1953 low the other day, drop
ping the average quotation back to where it was immedi
ately after the November election,
The recent slump in securities prices is surprising to
many because retail business continues men and em
ployment is not only at a high level but gaining, with the,,
most active period of the year coming on. The market
must look to some like "wrong way Corngan" running in
the opposite direction to everything else.
Part of the reason undoubtedly it higher bond prices,
parked by a change of government debt policy, and
higher interest rates generally. This has made this type
of security more attractive and has swung money out
of common stocks. Since supply and demand make mar
kets this factor alone could account for most of the slump.
But there are others. The Korean truce talks suggest
a receding demand for military supplies, though officials
deny it will have this effect. Also, reduction of govern
ment spending, now going on at Washington, has a mildly
deflationary effect.
The sharp traders whose moves so greatly affect
security values are banking on a business recession later
in the year. But there's no certainty whatever about
this. Its been predicted every year since the end of the
war, and we suppose of they keep on long enough they'll
eventually be able to say "we told you so."
FlwllM,1MiMMWoptioyoE
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SUNSET ON THE WILLAMETTE
By ELLA HIGGINSON
The sun sinks downward thro' the silver milt
That looms across the valley, fold on fold.
And sliding thro the fields that dawn has kissed,
Willamette sweeps, a chain of liquid gold.
Trails onward ever, curving as it goes,
Fast many a hill and many a flowered lea,
Until It pauses where Columbia flows,
Deep-tongued, deep-chested, to the waiting sea. -
O lovely vales thro' which Willamette slips)
0 vine-clad hills that hear its soft voice calll
My heart turns ever to those sweet, cool Hps
That, passing, press each rock or grassy wall,
, Thro' pasture lands, where mild-eyed cattle feed,
Thro' marshy flats, where velvet tules grow,
Fast many a rose tree, many a singing reed,
1 hear those wet Hps calling, calling low.
The sun sinks downward thro' the trembling haze,
The mist flings glistening needles higher and higher.
And thro' the clouds O fair beyond all praliel
' ' Mount Hood leaps, chastened, from a sea of fire.
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Rev. Father Dominic Waedenschwyler. Benedictine monk
at Mt. Angel abbey (left) who gave Sam L Simpson's
(right) "Beautiful Willamette" a musical setting of ravish
ing beauty of melody. Simpson composed this most out-
standing poem in 1868. Father Dominic set it to music
first for Salem's Valley Choral union in 1903.
Music for Simpson' Poem
Written by Fr. Dominic
By BEN MAXWELL
u
When Sam L. Simpson, re
garded as Oregon's most out
standing poet, wrote "Beauti
ful' Willamette," first pub
lished In the Albany Democrat
85 years ago, he probably did
not conceive that is would
ever be set to music.
That attainment, says Rev.
Maurus Snyder of the Order
of St Benedict at Mount Angel
abbey, was accomplished by
the Bev. Father Dominic
Waedenschwyler, also of the
abby, in 1903. Then it was
written for a mixed chorus,
solo and piano or organ ac
companiment. In 1904 it was
adapted to orchestra and in
1917 for female voices and
piano, (manuscripts that may
be seen at the abby show that
German text was prepared
by xnomas Joseph Meier
hofer).
In comment upon the Capi
tal Journal's editorial of April
18, "An Almost Forgotten
Poet" Reverend Snyder
(Father Maurus to his friends
and associates and the only
survivor among founders of
the Abby) comments in a let
ter to this newspaper:
"Beautiful Willamette was
given a musical setting of
ravishing beauty of melody
and harmony by a member
of our community, the Rev.
Father Dominic, an out
standing composer of Oregon,
the rival of whom still re
mains to be seen and heard.
The charm of the song not
only equals but surpasses the
charm of Simpson's melodious
poem.
"Father Dominic's heart-
chords must have been ravish-
lingly set to motion to give
Beautiful Willamette' addi
tional beauty of entrancing
harmony of song. He wrote
the con tat a in 1903 and dedi
cated it to Willamette Valley
Choral Union of Salem. Its
premiere was given in the
Methodist church auditorium
during that year." ; ,
In an obituary commemora
ting the death of Father
Dominic, April 1, 1932, The
Mount Angel News men
tions that he combined the
rare qualities of a musical
genius, a great instructor and
a zealous priest. He was born
a t . Rorsbach, Switzerland,
Februray 21, 1863, and was
ordained to the priesthood in
1887. In that year he came to
the United States to join the
little group of Benedictine
fathers at Mount Angel who
had opened the college for
boys in 1887. In 1910 Father
Dominic was appointed pastor
of St. Mary's church in Mt,
Angel, a position he held until
forced to resign in 1929 be
cause of failing health.
Father Dominic's musical
reputation and scholarship
(In Europe he was a pupil of
Engleberg Humperdink, com
poser of "Hansel and Gretel")
was international and he was
often consulted as a critic.
He was a personal friend ot
Madam Schuman-Heink who
visited Mr. Angel to see him
Among his more celebrated
compositions are: "Beautiful
Willamette," "Call of the
West," "Roosevet March,"
"Japanese Lullaby," "Ore
gon, My Oregon," "Naturs's
Morning Hym," "Haes Dies"
for solo, chorus, orchestra and
organ, "Immaculate Concep
tion" and "Evening Song."
March 11, 1949 Mount
Angel Abby presented Port
land Symphony orchesra,
Werner Panssen, condustror,
in a memorial concert honor
ing Father Dominic Waeden
schwyler. Heard 'on that oc
casion was "Call of the West"
one of Father Dominic's major
compositions Inspired by Ella
Hlgglnson's poem, "To the
Pioneers of the West."
Salem 37 Years.Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
April 25, 1916
' Water for the new McGll
christ public fountain at the
corner of State and Liberty
streets was turned on for one
day and then turned off. The
fountain works well enough
and is appreciated by the pub
lic. The trouble seems to be
that a controversy has arisen
between the city and the water
works as to who . should pay
for the water used.
Arrangements are being
made for the entertainment of
prominent eastern suffragettes
who will arrive in Salem Sat
urday aboard the "suffrage
special." ;
This is clean-up week ac
cording a program developed
by Salem Floral society. Beau-
tificatlon of the low area in
front of the state penitentiary
is included in the project for
floral planting..
Salem will open the annual
Cherry Fair June 30, with a
big floral display in the ar
mory.
First flax from the state
penitentiary plant has been
sold by the board of control
to California Cotton mills at
Oakland. Two carloads
brought $6400.
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Pearson Thinks China Lobby
Still Dominant at Capital
Washington One year ago
this month while visiting with
General Eisehhower in Paris I
had occasion to suggest that
one of bis most difficult prob
lems after he got into the
White House would be the Chi
na lobby.
This referred of course to
the small but powerful group
dominated by the Soong-Kung
dynasty which has benefited
richly from U.S. aid to Chiang
and which has siphoned part
of those funds into one of the
most skillful propaganda and
political machines ever to oper
ate in this country.
From the safety of the U.S.A.
they have not hesitated to sell
strategic materials to commun
ist China, attempted to corner
the soybean market just before
the Korean war, and hired
some ot the most politically po
tent lawyers in the nation to
plead their cause with congress.
I suggested to General Eis
enhower that inasmuch as cer
tain senators received heavy
campaign .contributions , from
the China lobby, its operation
actually amounted to - having
Y DMWNARSON
our Asiatic policy fixed not by
the secretary of state but by
carefully placed dollars. I also
suggested that it would be to
his advantage to encourage a
congressional investigation of
the China lobby a prooe
which the state department
and many democrats would
welcome.
The general then new in
politics, expressed incredulity
that U.S. senators would accept
camnaian expenses from the
China lobby. He did not sparx
to the idea of such an investi
gation.
DULLES VS. FORMOSA
The other day. however. Pre
sident Eisenhower was forced
to choose between China-lobby
senators and his own secretary
of state. The choice came after
his secretary of state bad
dropped a hint that the United!
States might have to abandon
Chiang Kai-Shek and Formosa
in order to get peace in Korea.
As between his secretary of
state and China-lobby senators,
F.isenhower hesitated only a
few minutes. He repudiated his
secretary of state.
THE FIRESIDE PULPIT
Too Much Youth Direction
Being Taken from Parents
A proposal by Salem dentists
to offer a free clinic for school
children on condition that the
school board provide supplies,
equipment and a room has
been favorably received by the
board.
A two-story building, soon
to be erected by Judge P. H.
D'Arcy on the Court street site
of Wexford theater, will be a
credit to the city.
Just to settle the difficulty
for all time, the question of
secret societies' in the high
school, and to take definite
action regarding the Julius
Caesar society, said to exist
contrary to school law, mem
bers of the society will be
asked to meet with the school
board Thursday evening. Some
time ago the president of Jul
ius Caesar society appeared
before the board and stated
that the society would not dis
band or accepUa faculty ad
visor to bring it within re
quirements of school law.
THE ANNUAL FISH RUN
The World Today
By JAMES MARLOW
Washington OT President
Elsenhower's determination to
get along with Congress has
been one of the most con
sistent features in all his news
conference since he took off
ice last January.
He really works at it. And
he's making his Cabinet and
the other men around him
work at it, too. Vice-president
Nexon said as much lost night
in a speech in New York (be
fore a branch ot the American
Newspaper Publishers Asso
ciation. Elsenhower's policy ot
being nice to Congress is con
scious, deliberate and careful
and, as Nixon indicated, root
ed in the belief that a soft
word turneth away wrath and
will win congressional sup
port, The President gave a good
example of his method at
yesterday's news conference.
On Wednesday the House
voted down his administra
tion's request to build 35,000
low-cost dwelling units, a
program begun under former
President Truman.
Elsenhower said, when ask
ed, that he didn't agree with
the House action. But he
quickly added he was sure
the House members hsd voted
according to their consciences
and besides he had not asked
them to support the housing
program.
He noted the Senate hasn't
acted yet. It the Senate re
verses the house acUon, the
House members might be
more willing to do an about-
face than it Elsenhower had
antagonized them by blasting
them yesterday.
More emphsls is placed 'on
youth problems and activities
ot one kind or another today
than ever before. Organiza
tions have been set up which
enroll little boys and little
girls, later passing them, on to
the next older group, and so
on, until finally the youth
go to college without having
become thoroughly inergrated
into the family life. No won
der some students think their
parents "don't know much,"
for they have not had time to
really sit down and absorb
some of the "old man's"
wisdom.
The purpose of all the youth
activities, is of course, , to les
sen the delinquency problem.
This Is a noble purpose. Even
churches in the last decade
have stepped up their youth
departments and the public
and private schools are oper
ating mostly, for the benefit
of youth. It is indeed amazing,
all that is done for them.
. Could it be possible how
ever, that singling out, youth
for so much special treatment,
as good ss it is within reason,
may be carried too far leav
ing the family, the ' home,
further and further removed
from youth's interests?
Perhaps in the present
scheme of things, the parents
are expected to hurry along
and, breathless try to keep I
BY REV. GEORGE H. SWIFT
IMctoi, St. f-tul'i nuwpal Chuica
uo with, and carry on a run
ning conversation with their
children as they rusn to tne
next thing on the day's
schedule.
It used to be thought the
parents should direct - their
children, but more and more
others do that now. This may
be all to the good in many
cases. We heartily approve a
reasonable amount of so
called youth activities, but it
does seem like there should be
some place left for a well
Integrated home life where
love dominates the scene, and
at least, some time can be
spent in the common family
interest.
DON'T BLOW UP J
(Astorlan Budget)
Whatever the state highway
department does with Us un
wanted whale on Gearhart
beach, it should not try blow
ing the creature up with dyna
mite.
This was done once with a
whale that came ashore some
years ago at Warrenton, and
the explosion splattered blobs
ot whale all over the sur
rounding country, including
scores of people who had gath
ered to . see the sight. The
blast also spread the worst
smell Clatsop county has snif
fed in many decades across
the country and the specta
tors.
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Mexicans Use Gestures and
Grimaces in Place of Words
By JACK KUTLEDGf for HAL BOYLE
Mexlto City (ff A Mexi
can can get almost as much ex
ercise sitting at a table talking,
as some Americans can in a
round of golf. It's because of
these gestures.
Mexicans and most Latin
Americans have a gesture
usually accompanied by a gri
mace, shrug or other physical
contortion for almost every
thought and feeling.
Some are so expressive
words are unnecessary. Others
are So subtle only a Mexican
can understand them. A few'
can be confusing, like thumb
ing one's nose of which more
later.
. Let's look in on two friends
call them Pancho and Miguel
meeting and talking:
Pancho sees Miguel and
raises his hand about shoulder
high and brings it downward
and inward. To an American
that mean "Go 'way" but to a
Mexican it means "Come here."
Miguel comes.
Instead of shaking hands
they embrace. They put about
the same amount of energy in
to this "abraze" as a golfer does
in a swing for a 350-yard drive
off the first tee.
Pancho pinches his fingers
together and jerks them to
wards his mouth. He's Inviting
Miguel to eat with him.
But Miguel has Other Ideas.
He stiffens his little finger
against his palm and jerks his
thumb toward his mouth. He
wants to drink.
Pancho agrees, but he forms
his thumb and forefinger into
an oval, with three fingers
flaring skywards. That means
just a little."
They go into a bar and sit
down. Miguel, the host, claps
his hands once and says "Psic."
That's to call a waiter. A
waiter trots over. Drinks are
ordered.
Then Mlsuel suddenly tlani
his hand' downward, loosely but
with vigor. There's a look ot
disgust on his face. Anyone can
tell he's forgotten something.
He rubs his thumb back and
forth across an upturned fre-
finger money!
Pancho reassures him with a
shrug. He has plenty of money.
Then the conversation turns
to other things. Miguel presses
his little finger with the thumb
of the other hand, which means
"believe me wen I tell you"
and then slides his right hand
downward on the palm of his
left hand however he's talk
ing about gambles, the gesture
indicates.
Pancho shrugs, nods, and
holds out one hand with the
palm outward, then gradually
closes his fingers. This charac
ter is "grasping" and is inclined
to take what doesn't belong to
him. .
Miguel slaps his left elbow
with his right fist the guy
also is stingy.
Pancho shakes his head up
and down the regulation yes
and drains his beer.
Miguel claps once more for
the waiter, but Pancho quick
ly wags his forefinger swiftly
back and forth in front ot his
face. Decldely, he says, no
more. Then he points to his
friend, closes his fist and lifts
his thumb to his mouth. You
drink too much, Pancho says,
Sorrowfully Miguel slaps his
hip It can t be helped, he says.
But he stiffens his arm and
jerks a thumb toward his
shoulder I can take it.
So Pancho leaves, raising his
hand with the palm toward his
face, meaning "Goodbye."
These are a few gestures gen
erally different from American.
Some however are Quite simi
lar, like drawing the Index
finger across the throat Or a
hand waved outward and
downward, meaning "Nothing
doing." Or the whittling of one
forefinger with another, mean
ing -sname on yoa."
But that nose thumblns:
Don't become angry it a Mexi
can places his thumb on the
tip of his nose and wiaales his
fingers at you. He's not being
disrespectful. He's merely in
dicating disappointment, that
someming tie a expected hadn't
taken place.
Thi leaves the nation right
back where it was during th,
Truman administration. First
we have a state department
just as intimidated by theChl.
na lobby under John Foster
Dulles as it was under Desn
Acheson except that Dulles
retreated quicker and farther
than Acheson.
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""""i ut jorelgn
policy influenced by secret for
eign agents, many of them not
registered with the Justice de
partment a foreign tiir
swayed by campaign contribu-
uuiu u cHuia Knaiors, When
foreign policy is influenced In
secret by private Individual!,
no matter how well-intentioned.
It is dangerous. Thr.
what the foreign agent regit,
tration act is supposed to pre
vent , -
Third, and most lmportanf
it will be extremely difficult
if not impossible, to win peace
in Korea without sacrificing
Chiang Kai-Shek. .
This was the unofficial vu
which John Foster Dulles took
with newsmen before the tm.
thy China lobby scared Elsen
hower into a retreat It was
also the view discussed inside
the National Security council;
Dulles had reasoned: In or.
der to get the Reds to retreat
some 80 miles to the waist ot
Korea it will be necessary to
give them something in return
That might well bo an agree!
ment to keep Formoct as an in.
dependent republic or U.N.
trusteeship, giving up all
claims to the Chinese main
land. .
Dulles knew that the Reds
are not going to retreat to the
Korean waist easily. He knew
he faced the alternative of sac
rificing thousands of G.I. lives
or else making diplomatic con
cessions such as Formosa. He
knew Eisenhower had talked
rather extravagantly 'during
the election campaign about
settling the Korean war.
He also knew that a report
to Washington from Formosa
told how Chiang's soldiers now
have an average age of 29.
This Is considerably older than
the American army, and older
still than the communist army,
and, .under Chiang's standards,
much too old to fight. He also
knew Chiang had no means of
recruiting fresh troops.
Finally Dulles knew that
Chiang was so fearful of being
invaded from the China main
land, rather than invading
himself, that a reference to us
ing his troops was recently tak
en out of a Gen. Omar Bradley
speech on request.
Yet when Dulles hinted at
certain concessions Inherent
from these facts, the China
lobby showed Its teeth, and in
one day President Elsenhower
took the almost unprecedented
action ot "reversing his secre
tary ot state.
FRIENDS Or CHINA LOBBY
Here is the roll-call of sens
tors who play Ball with the
China lobby and whom Eis
enhower apparently fears:
Sen. Styles Bridges ot New
Hampshire, republican Re
ceived a contribution ot f 1,000
to his last election campaign
from Alfred Kohlberg, a ky
figure In the China lobby.
Also received contributions of
$3,000 from Edward Heller, a
democrat, whose wife is demo
cratic national commltteewom- :
an from California. It seems
strange that a California dem
ocrat should send so heavy a
contribution across the contin
ent to help a republican in
New Hampshire. However,
Heller happens to be director
of the Wells Fargo bank of San
Francisco, biggest repository
of Chinese Nationalist money.
Heller denies that this has any
connection.
Bridges, who is chairman of
the powerful senate appropri
ations committee, appointed a
special "ambassador" to study
the Chinese situation when
the republicans controlled con
gress in 1946. The ambassador
turned out to be an ex-senator
working in the law firm re
tained by T. V. Soong, Chiang's
brother-in-law.
GOP Sen. William Knowland
of California Knowland is so
persistent in pushing Formosa
that he is nicknamed "the sen
ator from Formosa." No China
lobby contributions have been
recorded for his campaigns,
but he gets heavy political
support from San Francisco's
Chinatown.
Vice President Nixon Bsnk
ot China public-relations rep
resentatives sent a special press
agent, Leo Casey, to help Nix
on in the '1950 senate race.
Casey states that when he met
Nixon In the Ambassador hotel
in Los Angeles, Louis Kung,
second son of H. H. Kung, son-in-law
of Chiang Kai-Shek,
and the finance man for the
China lobby, was present Ca
sey's expenses in California
during the Nixon campaign
were paid by publlc-relaUons
representatives of the Bank of
China.
GOP Ben. Joseph McCarthy
of Wisconsin Has voted con
sistently with the China lob
by, is a close friend of Alfred
Kohlberg.- He speculated on
soybean market at about the
time the Chinese made their
killing.
Sen. Pat McCarran of Neva
da, Republicrat Got interest
ed in China lobby when he
first championed silver, has
been a staunch supporter ever
since.
MonrUhl. IW)